5. Final thought: If you missed ESPN's moving video report about the death of baseball player Stephen Piscotty's mother — "Piscotty's journey home more than a baseball story" — then, by all means, check it out.

But a faithful GetReligion reader — Father Geoff Horton of the Roman Catholic diocese of Peoria, Ill. — does ask one highly relevant question:

It's a beautiful and sad story, well told, but don't you wonder why the music box plays "Amazing Grace" and why that's what Stephen sings to his mother at night? Is it just a sentimental thing, or is there a faith-related reason for it? My cursory Googling couldn't tell.